DRUM ROLL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drum roll mean? 

• DRUM ROLL (noun)
  The noun DRUM ROLL has 1 sense:

1. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

  Familiarity information: DRUM ROLL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRUM ROLL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

drum roll; paradiddle; roll

Hypernyms ("drum roll" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)